Modernity

The video explores the dual nature of modernity, highlighting its positive associations with progress and sophistication in the West, while also addressing its negative connotations in non-Western regions due to its historical ties with imperialism. It discusses the economic exploitation that accompanied modernity, such as the opium trade, and the ideological impact it had on societies. The video concludes by acknowledging both the benefits and the coercive losses that modernization brought to different parts of the world.

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